Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-11-03
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Sergeant, wash sauaa warrant oua'
- arrest meas softly Inquired Car
nasaer, a. he t~lnioess ilta The Weed
bridge street slatieahoase,
Met that | knew ef~whyaA replied
sergI Kendall,
.SVhell, two or three days ago a
strange maj eemes In my place, Vhas
4 Carl nunderP | vhas, All right.
Mr., fsuntser. | vahs ef the board a
health, uni | like 10 look in yeas
cellar ioe dead rats una cholera. d.,
seems all right In me, md | light da
candle aud he ss,oes aoun, He va*s
go9o u long time, uaa YEA no comes II
ae says dot cellar shas all right. II,
vshs in New York, Chicago. Toledo
nnd odder places, aud he neafsu' 500
saooh u clean place"
''Some swiayilue, os course"
"Nheli, IN der afternoons aaodde,
mans vhatas in oa me. Was | Car
nantlerp | shas. AL right. MIR.
Duntter. shas dot sewer in Your ,e.,e,
all righte Ii he wasn't. dol sewer gas
ILLS der whole place mad Won yha.
taken to der ~hanevagtl. Dot seems a.
right, und | let him 20 down. ILL
shas gone y good while. und he comes
oop he says he .as in Buffalo. Gin,
eannati, Syracuse, uua Baltimore, und
- neafer See sooeh II sewcr pefore."
"ite was a.loIsier swintller."
We'll. dis morning the third man
comes in, Was / Carl Dunder? !
vhas. All right Mi. Duader, | VIA.
the fire commissioner. Maybe youl
cellar yhas all right if You shas cut of
by lire, und MAYBE she needs some
fire-eseapes. Please lighs dot candle
und | shall sec He vhas gone twenty
minutes, und when he comes oop he
wipes off his shin init his elaow. Dot
put some ideas in my lle,lt, but he saws
he in Kansas City, 0nAtA. Mil.
waukee, und he neafer see a cellar
sSed occ like mine. In case of fire I'D
could slump out like a rabbit"
Nv hat a %greenhOrn you are!h
''Fheli maybe l yahs. l go down
cellar poorly quick to look aroundt. md
| find dot dose fellers drink three bot.
s!es of my wine unl shteal some more
Dot rhas a game on me, sergeant" ;
+'Of course it WAS"
"Fheli, / made oop my mini. dot der
next Teller pays for all. He vhas
sweet und shniling. Was [ Carl
Dunder, / vahs. All right. Mr.. Dun.
der. l like aa ge down cellar to see
your"
"What?'
s'Shust aboudt dot time I slump for
Tim, und in two minutes he vhas pull
verified. | make a mop of him, und
smash two tables nit his heels. He
crawls out doors after a while, und
when he wash gone half an hour my
telephone rings. Hello! Was dis
Carl Dunder? He yhas. Well Mr.
Dunder, you half almost killed der
mans We sent to read your gas meter
und she viii cost you 5000 to SETTLE
NO. And you pounded the wrong
man.
"Vheil, how can l help it: One day
a false expressman brings me a shtone
in a package, und collects 80 cents.
Der next day annodder man brings me
a package, und after | lick him [ find
she Was a bundle from der shtore.
One MAI comes in and collects money
TO build a shurch. He vhas a shw:nd-
Ter, und I look oudt. I gif der next
man some awful kicks, und he proofs
oot LS fhaS u p~ttdCHFE. o seq. II
shas ali because nobody vhas ikeL'D
self two times, sergeant"
"Well!"
Il Thas going home, una 90 to bed..
L Yhas sick all oafer. Ii ten hoonered
men come to shwindle me it vhas all
right, und | doan' say Il word. II
you ring oop my telephone to-nigh:
und | Was hanged by der neck in der
wood-shed you can say dot l died be.
Pause of sooch a queer c~ountfy."--
petf0at Free Press.